Stephen Chow Won’t Direct Seth Rogen’s GREEN HORNET After All!!

I am – Hercules!!
Stephen Chow will still play Kato in the superheroic Seth Rogen comedy-actioner "The Green Hornet," but he'll no longer direct the project.
Creative differences are blamed.
A new director is being sought to shepherd the script by Rogen & Evan Goldberg ("Superbad," "Pineapple Express") to the big screen.
Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.

Mr Rogen, sit down next week and watch The Spirit. You will notice that you are in an empty theater. Nobody goes to see Superhero movies about 4th tier characters. The Green Hornet is stupid, don't waste your time.

He didn't understand why it would be like so awesome if like the 'Green' in Green Hornet meant that like he liked pot, cause like smoking pot on screen is like totally funny and stuff, cause you can like talk about Juliane Moore's pubic hair and talk about like how funny it is being jewish and like yea....

I don't have a problem with Stephen Chow but, Stephen Chow is a Jackie Chen type/he is NOT a Bruce Lee type. For anyone who is not that familiar with how things are in martial arts movies than let me give you this analogy: It would be like casting Arnold Swarzennegger as Rocky Balboa. It is a stupid idea and insulting to the memory of Bruce Lee.
The only reason the Green Hornet is even remembered is because of Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee did not believe in comedic martial arts or fake Matrix type fighting. Bruce Lee was straight to the point on wanting realistic fighting/he was the first Ultimate Fighter. All his interviews stressed that he was not in to such bullshit.
Seth Green would make a great Green Hornet but, casting Stephen Chow as Kato is fucking stupid. Well, at least this film is no longer going to have him Directing it. They need to bring in a serious martial artist like that guy who stared in Ong-bak or go with a Chinese guy who is like him. There are a billion Chinese. I am quite sure they can find a Chinese guy who can kick ass, speak English and act.

typo: I did not mean Seth Green. I meant Seth Rogen would make a great green Hornet since the movie does need comic relief.
But, they still need to get rid of Stephen Chow or they will have another silly superhero movie like Batman and Robin and nobody wants to see that.

Hollywood - Please stop mining characters like the Green Hornet if you can't interpret what was cool about them in the first place. No fan thinks of the original Green Hornet as a comedy, they sat thru those shows to watch Bruce Lee do his thing. It was as good as the times and the limitations of serial tv could do. The irony is that guys like Rogen focus on the bad not try to improve on the promise of what could be.

...you're just wrong. I love Bruce Lee and I'm sure he had a sense of humor aside from his respect for martial arts. I'm a film lover but I still like to see cheesy movies that don't have any cinematic value.

Remember BLADE?<p>It's not the character that's the problem. Batman and Superman the the most famous heroes out there, and they've both had films that SUCKED.<p>Bad superhero films are usually caused by idiots who either don't take the source material seriously and treat it as such (Batman & Robin) or simply have such a bad handle on who the character is supposed to be that the filmmakers fail to give the audience what they came to see and the hero ends up falling far short of expectations (Superman Returns).<p>The Green Hornet doesn't have to be well-known to be successful. It DOES have to be an exciting action film that will both please audiences and make them want to come back with their friends over and over again.<p>Comedic superhero films, on the other hand, almost ALWAYS fail.

The main character is not Britt Reid but a young internet millionaire type (as opposed to the original newspaper publisher). The guy and his buddy are fans of the GREEN HORNET t.v. show (with Bruce Lee, etc.) and so they decide to actually BECOME The Green Hornet & Kato using the millions they have from their software/internet biz to fund the operation (thusly, they can sort of remake the t.v. show style, costumes, car, etc). And so...action and comedy ensues.

That's gotta be a pride swallowing experience, regardless of who made the decision. So far all I've gathered from the back and forth on this project is no one knows what theyre trying to do with it. Confidence=zero.

Keep Rogen, and fuck the concept of a Green Hornet movie all together. Seriously, is anyone actually hyped about seeing a hip and happening Green Hornet? If you're not 40 plus then you should just shut the fuck up about being this die-hard Green Hornet fan. Rogen is doing the franchise a favor, he's the only reason people will care about this well polished turd.

People were more excited about Meteor Man in the mid 90s then they will be about this abomination. Mark my words; this is just Hollywood's sad attempt at milking the super hero franchise dry. I can't wait for the Aquaman flick.

Remove Rogen and his entire clique from this and make Green Hornet VS Dick Tracy instead! Hardboiled cop Tracy vs hardcore vigilantes Hornet and Kato, with all of their villains as fodder. Set it in the 40s, treat it seriously, make it violent and bloody = Best movie of the year.

Bug Fucking Deal!
So Show is NOT directing "The Green Hornet"!
Frankly I could care less, The Green Hornet was a character and a TV show (as repeats I saw as a kid) I could never really get into or care about....
Hey!! I know...Uwe Boll should be able to do this one!!
Ha Ha!!!

He is a total fucking asshole, the kind of self important, PA abusing dickwad that makes people hate making movies. Also, with Chow out on this project, I'm out, too. Sorry Rogen, but that Chow's involvement was the only thing that elevated this to me.

If I were Chow I wouldn't want to direct that bloated hack either. Rogen is certainly the most annoying actor to come out in a long time. He probably wants The Green Hornet to be smoking dope and talking about fucking every 5 minutes. Please Mr. Rogen, crawl under a rock and stay there.

and his idol is Bruce Lee. I highly doubt he'd do anything less than honor the legacy of his idol. He's also a fantastic action performer, so I have no doubt he's going to strike the perfect balance. Watch the opening of KUNG FU HUSTLE - he nailed period. This is a damn shame - Chow has a really wonderful cinematic vision, and while I'm probably going to SEE Hornet for him, I'm not looking forward to it AT ALL.

If I were Chow I'd leave the project. No better chance than now.
<p>Look at this way=
Rogen known by say optimistically 200 million people globally.. vs Chow I dare say 1 billion+ (mostly in Asia.) The guy is God in China.
Walk away now Chow you don't need western exposure.. Look at Jackie Chan, from legend to moron.
Say no to hollywood.

"I don't have a problem with Stephen Chow but, Stephen Chow is a Jackie Chen type/he is NOT a Bruce Lee type. For anyone who is not that familiar with how things are in martial arts movies than let me give you this analogy: It would be like casting Arnold Swarzennegger as Rocky Balboa. It is a stupid idea and insulting to the memory of Bruce Lee. The only reason the Green Hornet is even remembered is because of Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee did not believe in comedic martial arts or fake Matrix type fighting. Bruce Lee was straight to the point on wanting realistic fighting/he was the first Ultimate Fighter. All his interviews stressed that he was not in to such bullshit. Seth Green would make a great Green Hornet but, casting Stephen Chow as Kato is fucking stupid. Well, at least this film is no longer going to have him Directing it. They need to bring in a serious martial artist like that guy who stared in Ong-bak or go with a Chinese guy who is like him. There are a billion Chinese. I am quite sure they can find a Chinese guy who can kick ass, speak English and act."
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Chow is Bruce Lee type? No fucking shit Sherlock!! Chow is a Jackie Chan type? Feckin hell! I suppose Eddie Murphy is a Denzel Washington type? And Seth Rogen is right for GH?! WTF! On your take of Chow's martial arts... Erm he's creating a visual spectacle you idiot. He's transferring cartoon into live action. And there wasn't much comedy kung fu back when Bruce was alive anyway if any at all! Stop licking Bruce Lee's hard grey dried up shit. Chow isn't even trying to fill Lee's shows.